Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Sports Council, the work of the first edition of the Emirates Sports Medicine Conference, organized by the Emirates Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine Association, and hosted by the Mohammed bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences in Medical City, kicks off this morning. Dubai.
More than 500 doctors and specialists in sports medicine and rehabilitation from the UAE and from various countries, who belong to more than 30 nationalities, and represent dozens of international universities and prestigious medical centers, who come to Dubai to participate in the two-day conference sessions, are participating in the conference. And showcasing the latest devices and technologies related to various aspects of sports medicine, whether for football players, women’s sports, people of determination, and others.
Dr. Abdullah Al-Rahoumi, President of the Emirates Association for Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine and Chairman of the Conference, said: The role of sports medicine is not limited to treating athletes and developing the performance of players only, but it is an important economic source because sports medicine is a rapidly growing field all over the world, which includes a group of medical branches, Including orthopedics, motor rehabilitation, heart diseases, nutrition, nerves, genetics, and others. The value of the global pharmaceutical and therapeutic industries market in sports medicine reached $10.93 billion in 2022, and is expected to reach $21.86 billion by 2032. , which makes it one of the huge therapeutic industries in the world, which the association aims to develop in the country with its various partners. The UAE, but its influence reaches sports in various countries of the world, and contributes to achieving important positive results.
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He added: The conference program includes 40 lectures and two workshops, presented by 43 speakers in 13 different departments of sports medicine, where the first day will hold 7 sessions, and two workshops in each session a number of lectures and working papers from eight thirty in the morning until five and 40 minutes in the afternoon. Each of the sessions is dedicated to an important aspect of the sport, with the participation of doctors and professors from international universities. The first session will be devoted to football medicine, the second will be devoted to the performance of elite athletes, while the third session will be devoted to shoulder injuries and muscle development, and the fourth session will be devoted to elbow movement and injuries.
